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This is the last of the matters arising from Easter liturgies posted here this year. RS’s parish use this grand hymn by Randall DeBruyn. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their preview. I … Continue reading →

This is a communion song with a text by Ragan Courtney and music by Buryl Red. It was another Easter song used at RS’s parish that I’m catching up with and it seems to be very well known in the … Continue reading →

Entrance: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/26 Psalm: Crimond AOV 1/144 Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia No. 1 (Fishel) AOV 1/15 Gifts: Glory in the Cross (Schutte) Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 Take and Eat (Russell) AOV 2/162 Thanksgiving: Alleluia! Love … Continue reading →

This is a St Louis Jesuit song that passed me by, but was used at RS’s parish over Easter. This is a major production by Bob Dufford SJ with seven verses that have markedly different tunes so the assembly just … Continue reading →

There are some songs from Easter that were done at RS’s parish that I’d like to look at. This one is by Father Manoling Francisco SJ. It has a text in English, Filipino and Spanish. The tune is most pleasant … Continue reading →

At Ryan’s parish they use Tony Alonso’s text but set it to Hymn to Joy. Since everyone knows that tune I decided to look at Alonso’s own joyful tune for his words instead. The text is at Hymnary and the sheet … Continue reading →

We switched back to the Mass of Glory and Praise by Paul Mason at Easter.   Entrance: Alleluia! Love Is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart) Psalm 15 (McKenna) Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia No. 1 (Fishel) AOV 1/15 Gifts: Open My Eyes  (Manibusan) AOV 1/166 … Continue reading →

More Easter goodness from Ryan’s parish with Bob Hurd’s gentle setting of Psalm 51. I think the verse would survive being sung by an assembly if you wanted to use it outside the Psalm slot. You can buy the sheet … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish also did this one, which while new to me is centuries old. The lyrics are here by Henry William Baker and based on a text from Bernard of Clairvaux and Paul Gerhardt. The tune is the Passion Chorale from Bach’s … Continue reading →

In keeping with this blog’s habit of never quite finishing things (except the As One Voice series – although I never did get to As One Voice for Kids!) with pretty much only a handful Marian hymns to go, I … Continue reading →